10Synonyms found for mirror

Word Origin & History

mirror early 13c., from O.Fr. mireor "a reflecting glass," earlier miradoir (11c.), from mirer "look at," from V.L. *mirare, from L. mirari "to wonder at, admire" (see miracle). Fig. usage is attested from c.1300. The verb meaning "to reflect" is first attested 1820 in Keats's "Lamia." Related: Mirrored; mirroring. Used in divination since classical and biblical times; mirrors in modern England are the subject of at least 14 known superstitions, according to folklorists. Belief that breaking one brings bad luck is attested from 1777.

Example Sentences for mirror

Researchers have found the clearest evidence yet for a superconducting state that differs from its mirror image.

As a result, the flow of the preferred molecule across the film was five times as fast as that of its undesirable mirror image.

There's also an image of her bare backside, taken as she looks into a mirror.

Enlargement fatigue has a mirror image: apathy and resentment.

Part of the problem is the sheer ferocity of the downturn, a mirror image of the over-inflation of last year's bubble.

The percentages then switch, becoming nearly a mirror image of what they had been.

Large biological molecules can be configured into two mirror-image orientations: left-handed or right-handed.

Parabolic troughs are large, curved mirrors that capture sunlight and reflect it onto an oil-filled pipe in the mirror's center.

The long day closed, in other words, on a mirror image of its beginning.